BAY CITY, MI — A 42-year-old Bay City man is facing criminal charges after police say he sexually assaulted one woman and her two children.

In early March 2011, the Department of Human Services notified Bay City police that an adult woman was claiming Timothy J. Taylor had molested her two daughters, ages 9 and 6. Interviewed by police, the woman said her daughters told her Taylor had been touching them inappropriately, court records show.

The woman also told police that she was awakened one January morning by Taylor raping her, court records show. The woman said Taylor wrote a note describing his assault of her and passed it to a church friend, who then gave the note to the woman, court records show.

Taylor had fled the state when the woman contacted DHS, she told police.

Staff at the Nathan Weidner Children’s Advocacy Center interviewed the two children, who said Taylor had repeatedly touched their privates outside their clothes. They said they witnessed each other being touched and that the molestation occurred when their mother wasn’t present, court records show.

Authorities issued a warrant for Taylor’s arrest on June 18, 2012. He was arraigned July 3 on one count of third-degree criminal sexual conduct and four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a relation. Each charge is a 15-year felony.

Taylor’s case is scheduled for a settlement conference before Bay County District Judge Dawn A. Klida on Friday, Jan. 4.

Bay City attorney Edward M. Czuprynski is representing Taylor. He declined to comment on the case.